Chelsea News

By Liz Taurasi More rallies are expected Tuesday at all Market Basket locations as employees enter a fifth day of showing their support for ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas.

Tama County Pioneers had many difficulties to contend with, not the least of which was the journey from civilization to their prairie homes.

Front and center at the Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival this year will be three honored Revere veterans, most prominent being Marc Silvestri - a Bronze Star with Valor recipient for heroic acts that saved 31 soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008.

The Market Basket supermarket chain has made good on promises to fire employees who skipped work to attend a rally in support of the former chief executive.

Seventeen elected Massachusetts officials on Saturday called for an immediate boycott of Market Basket supermarkets and announced support for employees and members of the public who have protested the ousting of Arthur T. Demoulas as chief executive.

Some of the state's poorest school districts - already overwhelmed by immigrant children - are bracing for a new wave of Central American kids enrolling this fall that officials fear will further drain limited resources for English-speaking students.

State police say they know who the Chelsea driver of a 2009 Toyota Corolla is who allegedly ran away from the scene of a three-car crash on the Tobin Bridge late this morning that injured five people in two other vehicles.

Chelsea is a city of 37,000 located across the river from Boston. It is now 62 percent Hispanic , having begun to diversify in the 1970s.

ValuePenguin , a consumer finance website, recently ran the numbers to see which Massachusetts communities are paying the most and the least for auto insurance.

Dana DiSantis is a semi-finalist in this year's Kayem Fenway Frank Contest for her "Monstah" hot dog recipe.

Apollinaire Theatre Company's 11th year of offering free bilingual productions on alternating nights in English and Spanish in Chelsea's Mary O'Malley Park features 2 plays about crossing borders, fear of the Others among us, linguistic slight of hand, and finding one's voice in the chaos.

At about 11 a.m., the Revere, Chelsea and Malden fire departments were called in to a second-floor apartment above the Shipwreck Lounge at 55 Revere Beach Blvd. The fire was started by an electrical accident inside the apartment, according to Revere Deputy Fire Chief Michael Viviano.

A surge of young adult immigrants with limited skills have flooded the Revere schools and surrounding community school districts, challenging the schools' missions and causing them to divert resources from the traditional student population.

We can't go a month without some jerk spitting on a bus driver . The MBTA Transit Police have posted a photo of a man they believe spat on a bus driver on June 11. The latest incident of public transportation expectoration happened on the 110 line, during a stop in Everett.

Bunker Hill Community College Foundation received a $10,000 Workforce Development and Education Grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation on June 24, 2014.

The following is from Congress Building Corp.: Once again, Congress Building Corp. is pleased to serve its repeat client, LCB SeniorLiving, LLC of Norwood, MA in the construction of The Residence at Five Corners, a senior living community in Easton, MA.

Prosecutors will not pursue a criminal case against the driver of a garbage truck that struck and killed a Chelsea cyclist in Charlestown in April, the Suffolk District Attorney's office reported.

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority will be performing work that will require the closure of Ravine Road beginning Monday, July 7th through August 31st.

State Police and the Suffolk County district attorney's office are investigating the death of a Chelsea man who allegedly attacked police while suffering from a possible drug overdose, officials said.

Marialena Montijo received the Christian A. Herter Scholarship at a State House ceremony on May 22, 2014.